METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR END-TO-END NEURAL COMPRESSION WITH DEEP REINFORCEMENT LEARNING - Patent 4073759

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EP 4 073 759 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	19.10.2022 Bulletin 2022/42

(21)	Application number: 21916120.5

(22)	Date of filing: 24.09.2021

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

G06T 9/00^(2006.01)

(52)	Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC):
	H04N 19/124; H04N 19/147; H04N 19/172; H04N 19/91

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US2021/051953

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 2022/146508 (07.07.2022 Gazette 2022/27)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR
	Designated Extension States:
	BA ME
	Designated Validation States:
	KH MA MD TN

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Priority:

29.12.2020 US 202063131670 P
16.09.2021 US 202117476859

(71)	Applicant: Tencent America LLC
	Palo Alto, California 94306 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	JIANG, Wei Palo Alto, California 94306 (US) WANG, Wei Palo Alto, California 94306 (US) LIN, Sheng Palo Alto, California 94306 (US) LIU, Shan Palo Alto, California 94306 (US)

(74)	Representative: Gunzelmann, Rainer
	Wuesthoff & Wuesthoff Patentanwälte PartG mbB Schweigerstraße 2 81541 München 81541 München (DE)

(54)	METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR END-TO-END NEURAL COMPRESSION WITH DEEP REINFORCEMENT LEARNING